The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-06
The Markham House, Atlanta, Ga.

This always popular hostelry has recently
changed hands, and is now conducted by
Erwin Maxwell, who is also the proprietor
of the celebrated Palace Hotelin Cincinnati,
o. The latter, however, is run under the
name of Erwin Maxwell 81 Son, while the
Markham is managed solely by Mr.. Max
we'll himself. This gentleman has been in
the business for forty-one years, starting at
the bottom as a kitchen boy and steadily
working up to the topmost rung of the lad
der. The Palace Hotel under his astute
management, from the very lowest condi-
ton when he assumed charge, has achieved
a proud success, and now takes rank with
the best andmost fashionable houses of en-
tertainment in the Union. Under the plas
tic touch of Mr.. Maxwell the Markham, too,
has taken new departure, and the interior
of the establishment would hardly be recog
nized by its best patrons Indeed he has so
added 10, altered and improved the arrange
ment of the first floor, that it is like a new
creation. Partitions were knocked away,
new chambers, closets, etc. constructed, and
all the conveniences and appurtenanceS of
first-claSs modern hotel superadded. The
effect has been almost magica.. The water
closets are simply unsurpassed. A commo-
dious kitchen with long cooking ranges,
boilers, dressers and all the new inventions
of the culinary art in full array, presided
over by skillful and experienced cooks,
leaves nothing wanting i'll that department.
Adjoining, too, may be found the pantry,
crockery and glass room, linen chamber,
bakery, steam laundry, with its ironing APP
paratus, wringlng machine, etc. carving
and serving apartments, storeroom stocked
like family grocery, pastry closet, wash
room, and in snort a place for everything,
deftly and artiStically devised and arranged
by Nj Maxwell himself. All of these i'm
provements are entirely new and complete,
even the floors having been taken up and re-
laid. Above, the sleeping chambers, par
lOrs, passage ways, etc, are all handsomely
furnished and well ventilated; most of the
furniture and carpets and all of the hair
mattresses and linen being "spic and span"
new. Every room in the house has been
thoroughly papered and painted, and the
whole establishment remodeled at heavy
cost, and presents very attractive appear
ance Even the elevators, which run all
night, have been thoroughly overhauled,
and electric bells communicate with every
chamber. The dining-room equipment, in
Guiding chairs, glass, cutlery, candelabra,
linen, etc, is all new and elegant. These
improvements were all made under the i'm
mediate direction of the proprietor at an
outlay of over $4,000. The hotel has had
a most successful opening and will doubtless
be literally patronized.
The cuisine and table are simply excel
lent, and the staff of servants large and at
tentive. Mr.. Maxwell is no stranger in
Georgia, having owned home in Marietta
for many years. Phons Young, so favor
ably known to the public, is installed in the
office, assisted by viii L. Maxwell, room
clerk; Fred Davis, cashier, and Theodore
Hammond night clerk.
The Markham can accommodate $50
guests, and the proprietor is always on hand
TO make them comfortable and happy.